The best survival gear in the world does no good if you forget or lose it somewhere! Mark you equipment so you won’t lose it.

“Hundreds of miles from civilization, two ships wreck on the opposite ends of the same deserted island in this true story of human nature at it best – and worst.”

Psychological responses to emergencies follow a pattern…only 10 to 15 percent of any group involved in any emergency will react appropriately. Another 10 to 15 percent will behave totally inappropriately and the remaining 70 to 80 percent will need to be told what to do. The most common reactions at the onset of an emergency are disbelief and denial.

Most of us can’t take all the survival field classes and seminars we’d like to, and only a fool would create a real emergency to see how he might react! But these five books will help you develop the most important part of any wilderness survival kit: the survival mindset!

Aboriginal people looked to the forests, deserts and plains for survival tools and materials for shelter. Today, modern urban and wilderness survivalists should be looking in the dumpsters, trash cans and among roadside litter!

David Alloway, author of Desert Survival Skills, has experience and the survival skills, and his book is worth reading, even if you don’t live, work or recreate in an arid area.

It’s really hard to think, and reason out what to do next when there’s this awful, nauseating realization that you may be lost in the wilderness. Suppose you have a map and compass along, and a basic idea of how to use them. But maybe you didn’t think about using the navigation tools until it was too late…

by Leon Pantenburg Bend, Or. – If you get caught in the woods in deep snow and a storm is headed toward you, there won’t be much time to take shelter. You will need to know where to get out of the wind, how to make or find a quick shelter and how to ensure [...]

“Deep Survival” is a great tool to help establish the survival mindset that is critical to becoming a survivor.